who realy invented the wheel? caveman, and the guy from the guico comercial is not good enough!?

Answer 1

the earliest evidence comes from Sumeria in Mesopotamia (present day Iraq) around 3500 B.C., where a potter's wheel is depicted on a clay tablet. About 300 years later a wheeled cart is depicted.

Answer 2

The earliest archeological evidence is from the plains of central Asia, what are commonly refered to as the Russian Steppes, about 3000 to 4000 BC. The folks who lived there are generally referred to as Indo-Europeans, which includes several groups, mostly known by names given to them by later historians of Greece, Babylon or Egypt. They were nomadic people who traveled all over between Eastern Europe and northern India, northeast toward China and southward to trade with the people in the Caucuses and Mesopotamia. Their graves include sacrificed horses and simple chariots. The term "cavemen" usually refers to the paleolithic and neolithic age of stone tools before 7500 years ago. There's no evidence they used the wheel. In fact, there's no point in calling them cavemen. Most of them slept under the stars and there was a major civilization of "cave" dwellings in Turkey, called Capadocia, only 1600 to 2000 years ago. There is also no evidence of any superior culture in the ancient past, such as the Atlantis stories describe. Those are only morality tales with no basis in history.

Answer 3

the wheel is actually not a lot of use (or at least, not as a means of transport) unless you have a relatively firm and level surface to use it on. japan is full of mountains and swamps so wheeled vehicles were comparatively rare there until historically recent times.

to use the wheel successfully you need to invent the road.

wheels as a means of transport are almost unknown before the mesopotamian civilisations of ca. 3500 bc (this is not that long ago in historical terms. people are already living in organised societies and in city states which use metal implements). mesopotamian wheels were difficult to manufacture, fragile, and crippingly expensive. like all stupid, expensive technologies they were used mainly by the military.

spoked wheels appeared sometime around 2000 bc in egypt, and a little later in mainland europe, but wheels seem not to have become cheap enough for ordinary commercial use until around the beginning of the roman empire.

when commercial vehicles first began to use wheels you had the world's first traffic jams (which naturally happened in rome - then the commercial capital of the world). you can read about early traffic pollution in juvenal's satires.

Answer 4

The wheel was invented by Mr. Robert Wheeler. He needed an easier method of moving rocks for his wife's flower bed.

Answer 5

You

Answer 6

that guy that lived back in the day... i dont remember his name but he lived in a cave i do believe.

Answer 7

it was so long ago, there is no record of it.

Answer 8

God. Duh.